Relational models theory provides an alternative framework to study group and intergroup processes. One of four models people use to constitute groups is communal sharing (CS). Ethnographic and experimental evidence suggests that CS is produced by concrete and symbolic enactments of connections between bodies (cuddling, touching, synchronicity, commensality). We tested the effect of commensality on CS and ingro...
The present study sought to contribute to a better understanding of children’s attitudes and behaviors regarding oral health and dental practices. The sample was composed of 101 children (8–10 years), collected from several schools in the Lisbon metropolitan area. Our main goals were to collect a survey of information about the beliefs, attitudes, habits and knowledge of children about oral and dental issues in...
This article examines the relations between Portuguese society and Salazar’s political police (PIDE) from the perspective of the everyday lives of ordinary citizens – in contrast to the small minority of oppositionists that has so far monopolized the attention of historians. It is based on a quantitative survey of 400 respondents in four separate locations across Portugal and addresses two main research questio...
Vivemos num mundo de migrações. Hoje, como ontem, um grande número de pessoas desloca-se por iniciativa própria ou é forçada a deslocar-se. Estes movimentos de indivíduos e grupos têm gerado novos tipos de relações sociais que, ao longo da história, têm assumido modalidades que variam entre a cooperação e o conflito aberto. Nos últimos anos, os países europeus têm sido procurados por muitos migrantes, em grande...